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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 436793" data-attributes="member: 27">By the time they paired Britt with Jason the first time, they had moved her past her &quot;Britch&quot; persona into &quot;anti-heroine&quot;.&nbsp; Remember she &quot;died&quot; saving Josslyn from Heather&#039;s hook and everyone spoke of her positively---they even put her photo up on the Memorial Wall at the hospital.&nbsp; They brought her back acting like Britch again and the writers can&#039;t decide which version of her they want from one day to the next.&nbsp; They overplayed the Britchiness to the point that no one seems willing to help her other than Jason, but some see Jason as a doormat for putting up with her overbearing I can take care of myself attitude.I agree they want her to be Heather 2.0, which might actually be an interesting angle.&nbsp; Like OG Heather, she can pop up to cause trouble for the regular cast (in Willow&#039;s case, any and all Quartermaines, Corinthoses, and/or the Westbourne/Reeves clan) and then be shipped off when the plot wraps.&nbsp; In the meantime, I can see a lot of stuff still to play for Willow, just as OG Heather was a viable (if outrageous) character for many years in her original tenure.&nbsp; As for Nina, they don&#039;t use the character to their best advantage as it is. I can&#039;t help but believe that if the show were to experience a sudden budget cut, Watros, Tabyana Ali and Finola Hughes would be among actors most likely to be targeted.&nbsp; All three have been made into &quot;islands&quot; in a way.&nbsp; Ali is likely less expensive to keep around but hasn&#039;t been used well since Spencer died.&nbsp; Hughes is likely very expensive but popular; she disappears for months every year on vacation and it limits their ability to give her Lead-Actress, front-burner stories.&nbsp; Watros, meanwhile, is popular and (likely) expensive, but the writing doesn&#039;t allow her to be a Lead Actress the way they ought to write an expensive actress with her resume.&nbsp; If they&#039;re tasked with dropping one of these (or even two of them), I think Watros and Ali could be written out with the least effect on the fabric of the show, but writing out Hughes might allow them to keep the other two actresses.&nbsp; Of course all this could be tossed out with the stroke of a (talented) pen.&nbsp; I mean, who would have guessed two years ago that unassuming, quiet Katelyn MacMullen would be tearing up the scenery like she&#039;s been doing lately?I saw Dante and Liz having a scene the other day and my mind started racing.&nbsp; What about those two?&nbsp; They do look good together, and lord knows Liz could use some lovin&#039;.&nbsp; Maybe they could play a simple triangle of Liz/Ric/Dante with Liz ultimately choosing Dante to allow Ric to reunite with Ava, a woman more his speed/style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 436793, member: 27"] By the time they paired Britt with Jason the first time, they had moved her past her "Britch" persona into "anti-heroine". Remember she "died" saving Josslyn from Heather's hook and everyone spoke of her positively---they even put her photo up on the Memorial Wall at the hospital. They brought her back acting like Britch again and the writers can't decide which version of her they want from one day to the next. They overplayed the Britchiness to the point that no one seems willing to help her other than Jason, but some see Jason as a doormat for putting up with her overbearing[I] I can take care of myself[/I] attitude. I agree they want her to be Heather 2.0, which might actually be an interesting angle. Like OG Heather, she can pop up to cause trouble for the regular cast (in Willow's case, any and all Quartermaines, Corinthoses, and/or the Westbourne/Reeves clan) and then be shipped off when the plot wraps. In the meantime, I can see a lot of stuff still to play for Willow, just as OG Heather was a viable (if outrageous) character for many years in her original tenure. As for Nina, they don't use the character to their best advantage as it is. I can't help but believe that if the show were to experience a sudden budget cut, Watros, Tabyana Ali and Finola Hughes would be among actors most likely to be targeted. All three have been made into "islands" in a way. Ali is likely less expensive to keep around but hasn't been used well since Spencer died. Hughes is likely very expensive but popular; she disappears for months every year on vacation and it limits their ability to give her Lead-Actress, front-burner stories. Watros, meanwhile, is popular and (likely) expensive, but the writing doesn't allow her to be a Lead Actress the way they ought to write an expensive actress with her resume. If they're tasked with dropping one of these (or even two of them), I think Watros and Ali could be written out with the least effect on the fabric of the show, but writing out Hughes might allow them to keep the other two actresses. Of course all this could be tossed out with the stroke of a (talented) pen. I mean, who would have guessed two years ago that unassuming, quiet Katelyn MacMullen would be tearing up the scenery like she's been doing lately? I saw Dante and Liz having a scene the other day and my mind started racing. What about those two? They do look good together, and lord knows Liz could use some lovin'. Maybe they could play a simple triangle of Liz/Ric/Dante with Liz ultimately choosing Dante to allow Ric to reunite with Ava, a woman more his speed/style. [/QUOTE]

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